PALMIERI JOINS ELITE COMPANY AS DEVILS IMPROVE TO 3-0-0

Kyle Palmieri (2-0—2) recorded his third multi-goal outing in as many contests to lift the Devils to their third consecutive victory to open the 2018-19 campaign.

* Palmieri, who also scored twice on Oct. 6 vs. EDM at the 2018 NHL Global Series and Oct. 11 vs. WSH, became just the fourth player in NHL history to post multi-goal outings in each of his team’s first three games to begin a season.

* The Smithtown, N.Y., native established a franchise record for most goals by a player through the team’s first three games of a season. A 30-goal scorer in his first season with the Devils (2015-16), Palmieri has tallied at least 24 goals in each of the past three campaigns. He did not reach the six-goal mark until his 21st contest in 2017-18 (Jan. 4 at DAL).

* The final episode of Behind The Glass: New Jersey Devils Training Camp will air tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET on NHL Network. Click here for a sneak peek at the final episode. The previous three episodes are available at NHL.com/BehindTheGlass.

PAVELSKI HITS 700-POINT MILESTONE
Sharks captain Joe Pavelski scored for the third time in three contests to reach the 700-point milestone (320-380—700), joining Patrick Marleau(508-574—1,082) and Joe Thornton (228-746—974) as the only players in franchise history to accomplish the feat. Pavelski, selected in the seventh round (205th overall) of the 2003 NHL Draft, became just the fifth player in League history to record 700 career points after being drafted 200th overall or later.

THIRD-PERIOD RALLIES LEAD CLUBS TO VICTORY
All three games Sunday were decided in the third period, with the final two games of the night decided by winners from Ducks forward Andrew Cogliano and Jets forward Bryan Little.

* After surrendering a 3-0 lead Saturday, the Ducks overcame a 2-1 third-period deficit on the strength of Cogliano’s 30th career game-winning goal. Forward Ben Street, who scored his first NHL goal on Wednesday at age 31 - after 428 AHL games and 38 NHL games - netted the tying goal on Sunday.

* Little scored the go-ahead goal with 2:09 remaining in regulation to lead the Jets to their 11th consecutive regular-season win at Bell MTS Place dating to March 2, 2018. Little’s tally marked the fifth go-ahead goal in the final five minutes of regulation this season and third in the past two days (also Cody Eakin: 58:35 w/ VGK and Mikael Granlund: 55:47 w/ MIN).

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SNEAK PEEK AT MONDAY’S ACTION

STREAKING SCORERS TAKE TO THE ICE MONDAY
Three clubs in action Monday feature players with season-opening streaks:

* Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews, the League leader in goals and points thus far (10-4—14 in 6 GP), aims to become the fifth player in NHL history to open a season with multiple points in seven consecutive team games. The only players to do so: Mario Lemieux (12 GP in 1992-93), Kevin Stevens (8 GP in 1992-93), Wayne Gretzky (7 GP in 1983-84) and Mike Bossy (7 GP in 1984-85).

* Stars forward Alexander Radulov, who set career highs in goals (27), assists (45) and points (72) in his first season with Dallas in 2017-18, has found the back of the net in each of the club’s first four games to open the 2018-19 campaign. Dino Ciccarelli (6 GP in 1986-87) is the only player in franchise history with a longer season-opening goal streak.

* Did You Know? Six players in the NHL’s modern era (since 1943-44) have recorded a season-opening goal streak of at least seven games, with Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov achieving the feat in 2017-18. Lemieux’s aforementioned multi-point streak also stands as the longest season-opening goal streak in the modern era.

* Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly (3-10—13 in 6 GP) aims to become the fifth different defenseman in NHL history to record 14 or more points in his team’s first seven games of a season. The only blueliners to do so: Harry Cameron (10-6—16 in 1917-18), Paul Reinhart (5-10—15 in 1989-90), Bobby Orr (2-12—14 in 1969-70; 4-10—14 in 1973-74) and Paul Coffey (2-12—14 in 1988-89).

* Stars defenseman John Klingberg (3-2—5 in 4 GP) can tie the franchise record for longest season-opening point streak by a defenseman, a mark set by Darryl Sydor in 1998-99 (4-6—10 in 5 GP). Klingberg, who also opened 2017-18 with a four-game point streak, is the sixth defenseman in League history to record a season-opening point streak of at least four games in consecutive campaigns.

* The Senators boast a blueline that has combined for an NHL-best eight goals by defensemen this season, with second-year blueliner Thomas Chabot (2-6—8) leading the team in points. On the score sheet in all five games in 2018-19, Chabot trails only Filip Kuba (2008-09: 0-11—11 in 8 GP) for the longest season-opening point streak by a Senators defenseman. Teammate Chris Tierney, acquired via trade on Sept. 13, has registered at least one point in all five appearances with the Senators (2-5—7).

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